With the tears of my eye I have traced itthat so unto thee it may The tidings of what I suffer for thee to thee convey.
God watch o'er a visagethat veileth itself with beautya face That the full moon serves as a bondman and the stars as slaves obey！
Yea'Allah protect her beautywhose like I ne'er beheld！ The boughs from her graceful carriageindeedmight learn to sway.
I beg thee to grant me a visit；algatesif it irk thee nought.
An thou knewst how dearly I'd prize itthou wouldst not say me nay.
I give thee my lifeso haply thou mayst accept it： to me Thy presence is life eternal and hell thy turning away.
Then he folded the letter and kissing itgave it to the nurse and said to her'O nurseincline thy lady's heart to me.'I hear and obey，'answered she and carried the letter to her mistresswho kissed it and laid it on her headthen wrote at the foot of it these verses：
Harkyethou whose heart is taken with my grace and loveliness，Have but patienceand right surely thou my favours shalt possess.
When we were assured the passion thou avouchedst was sincere And that that which us betided had betided thee no less，Gladly had we then vouchsafed thee what thou sighedst forand more；But our guardians estopped us to each other from access.
When night darkens on the dwellingsfires are lighted in our heart And our entrails burn within usfor desire and love's excess.
Yeafor love and longingslumber is a stranger to our couch And the burning pangs of fever do our body sore distress.
'Twas a law of passion everlove and longing to conceal；Lift not thou the curtain from us nor our secret aye transgress.
Ahmy heart is overflowing with the love of yon gazelle；Would it had not left our dwellings for the distant wilderness.
Then she folded the letter and gave it to the nursewho took it and went out to go to the young man；but as she went forth the doorher master met her and said to her'Whither away？'